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Next Nintendo home console will use HVD, the holographic data storage, it's a disc that could store up to 300 GB and the reading speed is near 4 times faster than PS3 bluray reading speed that reads bluray discs at a speed of about 5 Mb/sec and this holographic data storage can be read at a speed of 20 MB/sec. already in study 1 TB holographic data storage discs.

"Some have speculated that Nintendo will be the first video game console maker to implement holographic data storage due to the recent uncovering of a Joint Research Agreement between InPhase and Nintendo.

Nintendo is also mentioned in the patent as a joint applicant: "... disclosure is herein made that the claimed invention was made pursuant to a Joint Research Agreement as defined in 35 U.S.C. 103 (3), that was in effect on or before the date the claimed invention was made, and as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of the Joint Research Agreement, by or on the behalf of Nintendo Co., and InPhase Technologies, Inc."